Leader rating

Synopsis

It's certainly not the most obvious idea for a film: a grown man who only communicates through a beaver hand puppet with a gruff cockney accent. Scratch behind that odd starting point, though, and what emerges is a slightly more traditional story about a middle-aged man who is deeply depressed. His way of coping is to let the beaver say all the things he's too scared or unable to say. His new friend even helps him out in his business. The Beaver is an interesting film made by a talented director with a well-cast star.

What our educators say

"Some of them saw a clip from Wakolda (The German Doctor) on TV recently and really wanted to watch it. So I thought I’d take a chance, not expecting them to watch the whole film but the majority were absolutely gripped. "